Tag: Sen. Jeff Merkley

CEO Sees Innovation as a Solution to Plastic Pollution

October 22, 2021
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When Jeff Gold founded Nexus Fuels (now Nexus Circular) in 2018, he was no greenhorn in environmental services—he first entered the field in the eighties. “The whole idea here, at least from my perspective, was to do something that would actually have a meaningful impact on the issue of plastic pollution—whether it be ocean plastics…

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Senate Democrat Jeff Merkley: Situation at Border ‘Approaching a Crisis’

March 11, 2021
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Progressive Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Thursday acknowledged that the surge in migrant children coming to the U.S.–Mexico border is “approaching a crisis” that could worsen with an ongoing flow of people from South American countries. When asked by CNN’s Alisyn Camerota if it is “fair to call what we’re seeing today at the border a crisis,” Merkley blamed…

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Sen. Jeff Merkley Says Laptop Was Stolen From Capitol Office After Breach

January 7, 2021
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said that the rioters who stormed the Capitol ransacked his office and stole a laptop. Merkley posted a video of himself returning to his office after he was evacuated after the Capitol was breached Wednesday. In a video posted on Twitter, Merkley said that rioters “smashed the door virtually off its…

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